# 錚

| 錚 | U+931A, &#37658; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-931A |
| ← 錙 [U+9319] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 錛 → [U+931B] |

## Translingual
### Han character

錚 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+8, 16 strokes, cangjie input 金月尸木 (CBSD) or 金弓尸木 (CNSD), four-corner 8215$_3$, composition ⿰釒争 or ⿰釒爭)

#### Derived characters

* 𮆸 (Contains ⿰釒爭)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1310, character 16
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40553
* Dae Jaweon: page 1812, character 6
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4201, character 3
* Unihan data for U+931A

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 琤 | *sʰraːŋ, *sʰreːŋ |
| 崢 | *zraːŋ, *zreːŋ |
| 鬇 | *zraːŋ, *zreːŋ |
| 爭 | *ʔsreːŋ |
| 箏 | *ʔsreːŋ |
| 猙 | *ʔsreːŋ, *zeŋʔ |
| 埩 | *ʔsreːŋ, *zreːŋ |
| 諍 | *ʔsreːŋs |
| 凈 | *sʰreːŋ |
| 錚 | *sʰreːŋ |
| 棦 | *sʰreːŋ |
| 竫 | *zreŋʔ |
| 睜 | *zeŋʔ |
| 淨 | *zeŋs |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *sʰreːŋ) : semantic 金 + phonetic 爭 (OC *ʔsreːŋ).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhēng (zheng$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄓㄥ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zaang$^1$ / zang$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhēng
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄥ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jheng
*** Wade–Giles: chêng$^1$
*** Yale: jēng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeng
*** Palladius: чжэн (čžɛn)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zaang$^1$ / zang$^1$
*** Yale: jāang / jāng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzaang$^1$ / dzang$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zang$^1$ / zeng$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡saːŋ⁵⁵/, /t͡sɐŋ⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: tsrheang
Rime :
| Character | 錚 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 初 (19) |
| Final (韻) | 耕 (117) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 楚耕切 |
| Baxter | tsrheang |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡ʃʰˠɛŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʈ͡ʂʰᵚæŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡ʃʰɐŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʈ͡ʂʰəɨjŋ/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡ʃʰɛŋ/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡ʃʰæŋ/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ʈ͡ʂʰæŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | chēng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | cang$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*sʰreːŋ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 錚 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 17148 |
| Phonetic component | 争 |
| Rime group | 耕 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 琤 |
| Old Chinese | /*sʰreːŋ/ |

### Definitions

錚
* onomatopoeia for the sound of metal objects being struck
* (historical) an ancient type of percussion instrument, made of copper, bell-shaped, and narrow, used to pace the marching of armies
    alt. forms: 鉦 / 钲 (zhēng)

### Compounds

* 亮錚錚 / 亮铮铮
* 卓卓錚錚 / 卓卓铮铮
* 錚亮 / 铮亮
* 錚錚 / 铮铮 (zhēngzhēng)
* 錚錚佼佼 / 铮铮佼佼
* 錚錚有名 / 铮铮有名
* 錚錚然 / 铮铮然
* 錚錚鏦鏦 / 铮铮𫓩𫓩
* 錚錚響 / 铮铮响
* 錚鏦 / 铮𫓩
* 鐵中錚錚 / 铁中铮铮
* 鐵錚錚 / 铁铮铮

### References

* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A04315

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* gong
* onomatopoeia for the sound of metal objects being struck

#### Readings

* Go-on: しょう (shō)
* Kan-on: そう (sō)
* Kun: どら (dora, 錚)

#### Compounds

* 錚(そう)然(ぜん) (sōzen)
* 錚(そう)錚(そう) (sōsō)

## Korean
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 錚 (MC tsrheang).

### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [t͡ɕɛŋ] ~ [t͡ɕe̞ŋ]
* Phonetic hangul: [쟁/젱]

### Hanja

Wikisource 錚 (eumhun 쇳소리 쟁 (soetsori jaeng))
* metallic sound
* gong (a type of percussion instrument used in folk music)

#### Compounds

* 격쟁 (擊錚, gyeokjaeng)
* 금쟁 (金錚, geumjaeng)
* 대쟁 (大錚, daejaeng)
* 소쟁 (小錚, sojaeng)
* 쟁고 (錚鼓, jaenggo)
* 쟁반 (錚盤, jaengban)
* 쟁수 (錚手, jaengsu)
* 쟁연 (錚然, jaeng'yeon)
* 쟁장 (錚匠, jaengjang)
* 쟁쟁 (錚錚, jaengjaeng)
* 쟁추 (錚搥, jaengchu)
* 중쟁 (中錚, jungjaeng)
* 퇴쟁 (退錚, toejaeng)
* 풍쟁 (風錚, pungjaeng)

### References

* Naver Hanja Dictionary: 錚

## Vietnamese
### Han character

錚: Hán Nôm readings: trành, tranh
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